Tabloid newspaper. Created by Alfred Harmsworth, initially as a paper for women by women but the following year he changed it to be a picture paper with a male editor and he fired all the female journalists. In 1913 he sold the paper to his brother Harold.
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Daily Mirror newspaper
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Hippodrome - Harry Houdini
The plaque refers to the London Daily Mirror newspaper which challenged Houdi...
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Lydia Becker
President of NUWSS prior to Millicent Fawcett and campaigned for voting rights of unmarried women and widows. Also an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. Best remembered for ...
1 memorial
Bernard Honess
Congregational Memorial Hall Secretary at the time that the old building was demolished, it fell to Honess to oversee the vacating of the building: "Most of the paintings were rescued by the then m...
Person, Armed Forces, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Claudia Jones
Born Trinidad. Moved to New York where she became a Communist. Caught up in the McCarthy trials she was imprisoned and then extradited to Britain in December 1955. Became a community organiser afte...
Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, USA
3 memorials
1 memorial
Eric Huntley
Unusually, in this husband and wife team there is more information available about Jessica than about Eric. See Jessica's page for their work together and for a photo of them when younger. This i...
1 memorial
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